Largest whale graveyard discovered on Indian Ocean floor with nearly 500 skeletons spanning 5 million years
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Meghan Bartels
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Chinese scientists have discovered the largest whale "graveyard" ever found on the Indian Ocean floor, containing nearly 500 whale skeletons spanning 750 miles and 5 million years of evolutionary history. The fossilized remains were collected by chance and provide novel insights into whale evolution. The discovery, detailed in a study published in Nature, was described by paleontologist Nick Pyenson as capturing "something novel" in the field.
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· 2 pulledThey've really captured something novel
It's a cool study
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